The problems a Certified Stratifier and the Stratifier platform solve for a growing company, how that drives growth, and what the alternatives cost.
Problems Stratifier solves
Strategy and direction
- No written strategy, or one stuck in a binder. Strategy is built step by step (assessment, SWOT, market, competitors) and turned into living dashboards.
- Decisions made on gut feel. Business cases show NPV, ROI and payback, adjusted for risk.
- No clear view of the market or competitors. Market Intelligence and Competitive Analysis turn research into threat scores and head-to-head comparisons.
- Customers' real opinions are unknown. Voice of Customer surveys capture and compare feedback year over year.
Execution and accountability
- Priorities that never get finished. Quarterly priorities with owners, milestones and progress tracked every week.
- Meetings that drift. Structured weekly meetings with scorecards, issues, to-dos, ratings and one-click send-to-meeting.
- No one knows who owns what. Clear seats, roles and a Team Activity dashboard show who is moving work forward.
- Annual and quarterly planning is painful. Guided quarterly reviews and a two-day annual planning playbook with prep portals.
Functional expertise
- No CMO, CRO or CHRO on staff. 70+ marketing, sales and HR tools produce professional work in minutes.
- Weak digital presence. Digital brand, SEO and AI-search visibility assessments with clear fixes.
- HR policies and people processes are ad hoc. CHRO toolbox for job descriptions, reviews, onboarding and policies.
Owner and enterprise
- The business depends too much on the owner. Owner Dependency Score and de-risking initiatives build a company that runs without you.
- Multiple units with no combined view. Holding company and shared-services dashboards roll up strategy and priorities.
- Consultant help ends when the visit ends. A Certified Stratifier coaches inside the same system, so progress continues between sessions.
How it enables growth
- Faster execution: priorities get done each quarter instead of rolling over.
- More revenue from a sharper market position and stronger visibility in search and AI answers.
- Better capital decisions: invest in the initiatives with the best risk-adjusted return.
- Owners get time back, and the company is worth more as it relies less on them.
- Executive-level skill across every function without hiring an executive team.
- A repeatable operating system that keeps working between consultant visits.
The alternatives
- Strategy consulting firm: $50k–$250k+ per engagement
- Full-time CMO, CRO and CHRO: $450k–$750k+ per year in salaries
- Fractional executives (each): $5k–$15k per month
- Separate meeting, survey, SEO and research software: $10k–$40k+ per year combined
- Do nothing: Missed growth and lower company value
Stratifier with a Certified Stratifier delivers this together, at a fraction of the alternatives. Typical market ranges; your results and costs will vary.